The French Cheese Book

Book excerpt: In over forty years of travel in France I have found my views shared by all who have a true vocation in the world of cheese. With their love and understanding of the land and the animals which provide milk for their cheeses, the makers of farmhouse cheese are the best guardians and restorers of the natural unpolluted countryside. Their products offer the richness and limitless variety of unspoilt local and seasonal flavour and aroma. They raise cheese above the level of an all-year-round, standardised, utilitarian factory food. Their cheese is a gourmet's heaven of everbeckoning delights. May this book lead you on to them... Patrick Rance